Finding Freedom - The Journey of an Unaccompanied Minor Two Years Later (The California Report, KQED)

Gail Kennedy 7/14/169:09 AM

When I first met Jennifer Cruz, she was 17 years old.

She had recently made the dangerous journey to the United States all by herself to escape extreme violence plaguing her country of El Salvador.

Hundreds of thousands of other unaccompanied minors from Central America did the same thing.

In Jennifer’s case, gang members were threatening to kidnap and rape her if she didn’t give in to their demands.

This teenager was fortunate. Not only did she make it to the U.S. safely, but she also had an older sister, Yesenia, in California. Even though Yesenia is undocumented, federal immigration officials said Jennifer could stay with her sister while Jennifer’s case worked its way through immigration court.

To read the full article by KQED's The CA Report reporter Ana Tintocalis read HERE

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